beliefs
- Created by: Mollie Shaw
- Created on: 14-05-15 12:09
defenitions
EXCLUSIVE: excludes anything that isnt proper religion. proper religions only!
INCLUSIVE: anything that may have the same functions as a religion, a football club.
BELIEFS: ideas help people understand the world
IDEOLOGIES: set of beliefs
functionalism
DURKEIM. (toteism) (sacred&profane)
MALINOWSKI
PARSONS
BELLAH (civil religion- not religious thinga=s but perform same functions as religion)
functions of religion:
- social solidarity
- value consensus
- emotional support in times of crisis
- social control
- harmony and order
criticims: ignores bad things.
marxism 1
functions:
- social solidairty
- value consensus, rc ideology
- meaning to meaningless things, why rich are rich and poor are poor
- social control, controls wc
- maintains socila order, capitalism
religion expolits wc and makes their oppression seem fair. ruling class ideology and wc=false consensue (do not see theyre being expoloited)
dulls pain of wc:
- promises heaven
- suffering is good (jesus cuffered)
- god will solve problems
- out of their control, wc for a reason
marxism 2
social conrtol:
conservative force- stops change from happening- durkheim=negative! supports capatilsm and maintains class. peoples class is god given.
NEO MARX:
religion used to help revoutions and improves wc.
feminsim 1
- religion=ideological, social control, bad for society, PATRIARCHAL!
functions:
- social solidairty- stops women wanting chnage
- value consensus- patriarchal ideology
- meaning to meaninlgess things- men more pwerful than women
- social control- controls womens behaviour eg; contreception
- social order
ideology:
- male dominated view of world
- all religons are male centred
- women not allowed to be leaders
social control:
- controls womens bodies and behaviour
- not allowed same oppurtunities as men
science
meta narraitve- one big story.
truth CAN be discovered becvause scientific methods are unbiased. unalike religion which is biased!!
- observation/form a hypothesis/test hypoth=fact!
- POPPER... falsificaiton(science should aim to refute hypoth) sicnece can not discover truth, only true until something new coomes along-swan story
- RATIONALIST: disocver true nature of world
- RELATIVIST: science should not be given any special status, not superior knowledge, just another religion.
- ATHEISM: unsure cos no proof
- AGNOSTICISM: dunno if god exists
- HUMANIST: human values guide behaviuour not religion
PHENOMENOLOGY
individual.
aciton theory.
we create society.
micro.
- provides meaning to social life
- legitimates norms values and beliefs
- encorage social action to create change
how we contribute to construction of meaningfulk world by actoes.
critcism:
religion can only be un derstood by seeing the role it plays in society not the role it plays for the indivudal. macro not micro
postmodernism
- aocietes are constantly changing
- class/gender/eth is no longer relavant
- no absolute truths
- pic n mix:people choose what they wanna believe
- growth of consumerism- choosinfg belkiefs to suit their needs
social change theory
- FUNCTIONALISM- Maintains social order and DOES NOT cause change
- MARXISM- Maintains social order and DOES NOT cause change
- FEMINISM- Mainatains social order and DOES NOT cause change
- NEO MARX&WEBER- CAN CAUSE change
churches
- inclusive
- ruling calss
- large scale
- based on hieraches
- accept wider societies values
- born into a church
- ritual
sects
- exclusive
- small
- loyalty
- leader
- reject wider society
denominations
- smaller than a church
- tolerant of other groups
- not as ritual
- sometimes accept others values but not always, depends what it is
cults
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